Titta Hetherington
La Pieta`
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(1498 - 1499) - Michelangelo Buonarroti - Citta` del Vaticano - ITALIA
The Pieta` is held behind protective glasses, at the right hand side immediately after you enter the Basilica di San Pietro In Citta` del Vaticano - Rome
This is the first of four sculptures commissioned to Michelangelo; depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus after the Crucifixion. Before sculpting this wonderful masterpiece Michelangelo was unknown to the world as an artist, when he started this work he was in his early twenties and the Pieta` will be the only one completely finished.
A group of the people that saw it thought that a young artist could not create such a magnificent sculpture, so Michelangelo had an emotional explosion of anger and signed it. He later regretted it and he decided he would not sign any other of his works.
La Pieta`
Tiziana Hetherington Copyright © All Rights Reserved.
(1498 - 1499) - Michelangelo Buonarroti - Citta` del Vaticano - ITALIA
The Pieta` is held behind protective glasses, at the right hand side immediately after you enter the Basilica di San Pietro In Citta` del Vaticano - Rome
This is the first of four sculptures commissioned to Michelangelo; depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus after the Crucifixion. Before sculpting this wonderful masterpiece Michelangelo was unknown to the world as an artist, when he started this work he was in his early twenties and the Pieta` will be the only one completely finished.
A group of the people that saw it thought that a young artist could not create such a magnificent sculpture, so Michelangelo had an emotional explosion of anger and signed it. He later regretted it and he decided he would not sign any other of his works.